Screen curtain



W. LAMP SCREEN CURTAIN Feb. 17, 1931.

Filed Feb. 20, 1928 IN VEN TOR.

WILHEZJY LA 112 i' r side View.

. Patented Fel: i17, 1931 'WILHELM LAMI or NEW yonmngyf. f

SCREEN CURTAIN Application and February 20,1928; "SerialNo, 255,546.

My invention relates to Windowscreens 1 Against thetop 9 of thewindow' frameis which serve to protect buildings against the entry of mosquitoesand similar vermin and fthe objects of my invention are, first, to have *the screen, conveniently, on the inside of the window, second, to be able to remove it by I an operation as simple as that of lowering and raising a window shade, third, to have the window completely protected by the 1o screen, when it is closed, so that no objectlonable insects can enter at any point of the Window, fourth, to allow thevuse of a screen which can be washed-and kept clean like i o) any other cloth fabric, fifth, to provide a screen which can be .made attractive and which, in colorand design, can-be kept in harmony with the interior decorations, sixth, to have a screen that does not requlrejmount- Zing and dlsmounting between seasons, and

'seventh, to have the screen completely re-- .gmoved from sight and protected from dirt when it is not in use. i V y To attain these objects I use the mechanism .and arrangement illustrated in the accom-v panying drawing in which: V

Figure 1 shows the .indoor front elevation of a window frame into which my invention isinst-alled; the curtain screen is closed.

Figure 2 shows the corresponding sectional Figure 3 shows an enlarged and detailed view of the left half of the upper part of I the elevation shown in Figure 1; but in this View the screen curtain is fully open. The

"right symmetrical half of the elevation is omitted. r p o Figure 4 shows the side view; corresponding to Figure '3. Y Figure 5 is the bottom View of a corner of f the half shown in Figures 3 and 4.

Figure 6 is part of the front view of the 7 back plate'of the part which serves to reinforce and guide'the curtain atthe bottom.

. I Figure 7 is part of the top view of a wire insert for the low-er seam of the screen curtain. I

Figure 8 shows a corner of the screen'curtain. 1 i

Similar numerals refer to similar parts f thruout the several views.

fastened the be); 10 that boxis' 'open in the I back; the ends, 11, which are'setfintothe box fora short distance, have Slots,12, suitablyi inclined to support the endsofthe curtainqia" roller 13. One of these ends isaroun'd pin, thefother end 14 is fiattenedout, and asuit able tension onf'the' insidefof' the curtain roller, reactingv upon the flat'jend, 14k servesto" keep the curtain rolled up normally, a mech anism which iswell known to those acquaint;

edwith the art of roller curtain construction."

The ratchet moveme nt,;f'o r' aflstaggergstogf which is also common toroll'er curtains and v endsf'isIinsertedinseam 1:7Iandthefeyes when horizontal, fill f tubular inside of seam 16. Eyes 19 as vvellfa's the tubular ends 20 of metal sheetQZl-fit slidablyov-er the, vertical rodsQZ; theserods arerounded ofli' at'fth'eir upper 'nds"2 9 ustfbelow metal box 10 and stand in aivertical'shielding enclosure soarranged that they ,incasethe rods '22 and.-

hel' n port sot th wir hook, 181, andv the p ace member 2l, respectively,iand at their beaded edges 327, a d 28,]snugly fit, against the front and balck ofth'e'screen our:

a "spring pressure which permits, the free wh ch s itd etif m 'a iy;de po tfi ison itted i-nfniy'constructionflflhe curtain, bllr 'ist g aQf ZClQ h .i L' 'u t iblY' I fastened-to the curtainlrolle iiat one, endand its mi'eshedcloth has a hollow seam 16 on" Q theside's and it hasa similar" seam-l7 at the" bottom which opens at the. endsinto said seam l6. WirehookI18 witheyesl9atlth'e 23 formed by a tensile -..back shield 24 and a v ta-in near t e? opl qs ite edgesflhereo f,fwith j vertical movement of the curtain, but, at

the same time, makes such a closing ofthe j joint between the curtain and the shields,

that mosquitoes or other insects may not gain passage therethrough. The upper and lower edges32 and 33 of metal sheet 21 are beaded over to a width slightly short 'of thedistance between the shielding enclosures 23 formedby the shields Tao is a hole or recess 39in theicenterg of cover 34 into whichfsnaps. the hook on latch 40 when thecurtain ispulled all the way down and .restsaon window sill 4 1., 42and 43 are-the top rail and stiles ofthefsash framing glass Box 10, shieldingenclosuresv 23 with rods 22 and with plate 21 slidably connected to,

verse seams, eyelets on the ends of said wire cross sectionally reenforcing said longitudinal seams, a reenforcing sheet metal crossbar, cross sectionally substantially conformed to said wire and eyelets, said cross-bar closing over said wireand at the 'ends'registering with'said eyelets, vertical rods near the sides of said window ,slidablyfitting said longitudinal seams, eyelets, 'andsaid ends or said crossbar, and shields extending from the sidesof said window over said rods,vslidably closing over said curtain, wire and crossbar when they are forked to surround said rod. I Signe'dat New York, in the county and Stateof New iYork; this 18th day of Febru- My A-ID. 1,92

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said rods 22, and latch ,40 arepermanently mountedin the'frame. a.

Toflputcup the screen's-curtain its, endish fastened'to and itis'rolled up onto, the curtain;

7 rio lfler12 and :theother endof th'e curtainisl I I i Yseams l-6ofthe curtain slide down over; the

prepared bythe insertion of the wire 18.into the seam 17. mounted in the box asshown and the end edge-31 of the box. I thenrai'se plate 21 to a: point just below the box'andlay the lower seam ofthe curtain with the wire in it upon the plateso thatthe wire rests below bead 32-and the eyes 19 on-the end of thewire rest upon the tubular ends20. f Then cover 34: is clamped upon the plate 21 by knobs 37., If I pull down'now, grippinglthe lower end of the curtain at the. knobs, 37, eyes 19 and the rounded ends. 2910f rods 22 and plate and curtain slide down between the beads 27 and- 28. When the curtain is pulled down as: far as, possible latch d0 trips into 39: and the screen is in position. To remove thecloth screen for the purpose of washing'orto re- Then the curtain roller is; i

j withthe wire'is p'ulleddown over the beaded place it by a newicurtain, the ,procedureisj f reversed. a :4. a

Whereas-fora clear descript on of my invention I have above set'forth the exact details ofthe constru'ctioml do not want to limit thescope of my invention to the very design'described but Iclaim: I

In a window screen,-.a fabric curtain, tubular seams bordering the sides ofsaid-curtain, a transverse tubular seam at the lowerend of said curtain, the ends of it opening into said longitudinal seams, a wireremovably' extendingthrough the length saidgtrans 

